Will of Thomas Brewer

Thomas Brewer provided for his wife, son Thomas, four daughters, and six grandchildren and appointed three executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Brewer (printed THOMAS BREWER)

Dated

5 May 1838

Proved

November 1844 court

Family named

Thomas (son); Thomas Brewer (son); Elizabeth Oldham (daughter); Maryann Bradshaw (daughter); Margaret Snipes (daughter); Martha Lindsey (daughter); Polly Strowd (granddaughter); Rosanna Turner (granddaughter); Nancy Cate (granddaughter); Wesley Edwards (grandson); William Edwards (grandson); Thomas Edwards (grandson)

Executors

Thomas Brewer (son); Thos. Oldham; Wm. Bradshaw

Witnesses

David Roach; David Williams

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book F, pages 224–226.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 207.
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).